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Mitchell County, North Carolina
Estimate of Under-Employed Labor
in Western North Carolina, 2000
Here is information on under-employed labor in the Western North Carolina region for the year 2000.
NOTES: This estimate is based on average annual income received in 2000.
$8.00 per hour is equivalent to $16,640 per year.
The average wage in Western North Carolina in 2000 was $26,388.
The average wage in North Carolina in 2000 was $31,072
| County | Number of Workers Earning $8.00 or Less per Hour | Percentage of Workers Earning $8.00 or Less per Hour |
| Alexander | 1,294 | 12.0% |
| Alleghany | 884 | 20.3% |
| Ashe | 1,643 | 20.2% |
| Avery | 1,663 | 22.7% |
| Buncombe | 15,204 | 14.3% |
| Burke | 5,390 | 14.4% |
| Caldwell | 4,508 | 12.9% |
| Catawba | 11,883 | 11.7% |
| Cherokee | 1,853 | 18.1% |
| Clay | 389 | 21.2% |
| Cleveland | 6,057 | 16.2% |
| Gaston | 17,858 | 23.1% |
| Graham | 452 | 18.2% |
| Haywood | 4,681 | 27.7% |
| Henderson | 5,299 | 15.2% |
| Jackson | 3,307 | 27.1% |
| Lincoln | 2,901 | 14.5% |
| McDowell | 2,696 | 15.2% |
| Macon | 2.297 | 21.9% |
| Madison | 689 | 16.5% |
| Mitchell | 1,386 | 21.8% |
| Polk | 1,061 | 24.0% |
| Rutherford | 4,535 | 18.0% |
| Swain | 2,072 | 37.1% |
| Transylvania | 1,949 | 19.0% |
| Watauga | 7,681 | 36.6% |
| Wilkes | 3,800 | 13.8% |
| Yancey | 1,122 | 23.0% |
| Total, WNC | 114,554 | 17.3% |